PCB Design Unrest: How Siemens is Filling the Mid-Tier EDA Gap

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PCB Design Unrest: How Siemens is Filling the Mid-Tier EDA Gap

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December 9, 2025 at 8:39:21 PM

With David Haboud

The PCB design world is buzzing with frustration: skyrocketing costs, forced cloud migrations, and a widening gap between free tools like KiCad and heavy enterprise suites like Xpedition, Allegro, and Altium Designer. In this frank and non-nonsense conversation, Siemens' David Haboud explains how the company is stepping up with right-sized mid-tier solutions built on the proven Xpedition technology stack that allows for scalability, affordability, and gives designers real choice as individuals and SMB teams.

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Siemens PCB EDA Solutions: https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/pcb/

Free 30-day trial of Xpedition Standard: https://tinyurl.com/562mc8rs

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